Results of the National Stroke Audit 2001–2 according to how well the 175 stroke units were organised
| Process domain | No stroke unit(n = 65) | Key features* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 (48 sites) | 4 (46 sites) | 5 (81 sites) | Spearman | ||
| The table shows median process domain scores, median (interquartile range) percentage of patients, and Spearman correlation coefficients with the number of key features (1–5). | |||||
| *From a review of the literature, five key features of a stroke unit were chosen as markers for stroke unit organisation (table 1).1,2 | |||||
| **p<0.01, *0.01<p<0.05. | |||||
| (1) Initial patient assessment | 64 (53–78) | 69 (59–84) | 73 (63–87) | 77 (67–87) | 0.11 |
| (2) Clinical diagnosis | 52 (40–64) | 63 (48–74) | 67 (45–77) | 60 (47–73) | −0.02 |
| (3) Multidisciplinary assessment | 50 (38–69) | 49 (37–67) | 49 (41–67) | 57 (44–66) | 0.12 |
| (4) Screening and functional assessment | 58 (48–72) | 52 (43–71) | 62 (50–79) | 64 (52–79) | 0.15 |
| (5) Management/care planning | 53 (32–69) | 51 (32–67) | 60 (44–67) | 60 (47–73) | 0.15 |
| (6) Communication with patients and carers | 61 (47–77) | 54 (40–77) | 65 (53–76) | 66 (54–81) | 0.17* |
| (7) Primary/secondary interface | 60 (49–76) | 63 (47–73) | 66 (46–83) | 68 (53–83) | 0.12 |
| Total process score | 57 (50–67) | 58 (45–69) | 62 (54–73) | 65 (53–75) | 0.15* |
| % patients admitted to a stroke unit | 0 (0–0) | 38 (25–61) | 43 (28–60) | 47 (28–69) | 0.12 |
| % patients with >50% of stay on a stroke unit | 0 (0–0) | 28 (13–42) | 33 (19–46) | 34 (22–57) | 0.21** |